Blarney Cycling Club played hosts to the latest National Single Grade road race, with the Donal Crowley and Kay Stratton Memorial races taking place in Cork yesterday.
The C1 race took in 140km, and Burren’s Daire Feeley got his first National Single Grade win of the season. The reigning top ranked domestic rider finished 0.085 seconds ahead of second place Liam Crowley, riding with Orwell Wheelers, with Orwell team-mate Evan Keane taking third, 1 second back. The leading three had just over 15 seconds on the next rider after the 140km.
The C2 podium was dominated by Junior riders. Jack Lawless took top spot, with Newcastle West rider John O’Mahony taking second and O’Leary Stone Kanturk’s Oran O’Callaghan in third. The 90km race was a strong one for the juniors, with five juniors in the top-10.
Two women chose to ride the C2 race over the combined Women/C3 race. Abi Conway took 12th overall, with Linda Kelly taking 20th.
The combined Women and C3 race also took place over 90km. Ruairi Coakley came out on top of the men’s C3 race, followed by Kanturk’s Stephen Gillman in second, for the second week in a row, and M50 rider Shem Cullen in third.
Junior Aoife O’Donovan from Dungarvan took the top spot in the Women’s race. Veronika Krolova and Amy Kinsella took second and third respectively.
Entries are now open for the next National Single Grade race, the Coombes Connor Memorial, hosted by Drogheda Wheelers on March 22nd. Entries can be found HERE.
